Controls Engineering Manager

Title: Controls Engineering Manager

Location: Farmington Hills, Michigan

Summary/Objective
The Engineering Manager is responsible for the supervision and monitoring of engineering personnel and outside engineering vendors during all design and build phases of the project and ensure on-time delivery within budget.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and control budget, scheduling of mechanical, controls and software designs of all components and systems for customer ordered as well as internal use honing machines.
• Coordinate and balance workload using both internal and external resources to complete scheduled engineering activities as required.
• Select, train, develop and motivate a staff that meets or exceeds performance expectations.
• Coordinate and review project design decisions with staff engineers and management.
• Analyze, recommend, and/or develop new concepts, standards, and technology for higher quality and cost effectiveness.
• Maintain contact with sister companies to ensure consistency with concepts, standards, and technology.
• Monitor and coordinate actions with Problem Resolutions in engineering to ensure departmental awareness and corrective designs are implemented.
• Monitor engineering activities through the build phase of each project, working with manufacturing and using all engineering resources necessary to support the build and runoff of machines.
• Maintain customer contact through meetings and presentations.
• Work closely with process development and tooling departments as well as supporting their activities with any required engineering services.

Competencies

• Customer/client focus
• Cost/Time awareness
• Technical knowledge
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Ability to remain flexible enough to accommodate for changes in scope and direction
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to leverage previous experience
• Communication proficiency

Work Environment
This job operates in an office and indoor industrial shop floor setting and requires presence and travels to customer's place.

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